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Curriculum Picks 2024-2025

This week we’ll get into our curriculum picks for the 2024-2025 school year. These resources range in years from k to 4th grade. However, if you were interested in teaching catechism, you’ll want to read last week’s post for those choices. Little Badger This is Little Badger’s first official year of homeschool. Last year was …

Why We Love Montessori Bead Chains

What Are Bead Chains? In Montessori, the bead chains are a math material for hands on learning. There are a few prerequisite works/skills needed for introducing bead chains. However, this generally boils down to being able to count to 100 and recognize the numbers written out (1, 2, 3…). Generally, the age range for introducing …

Homeschool – How to teach History

Homeschool – History I absolutely love history! Unfortunately, this subject is often (read: almost always) bogged down with anti-Catholic bias. Thankfully, starting in 2016, a new History series appeared on the market, published by Tan Books! The Story of Civilization (Volumes I, II, III, and IV), by Phillip Campbell. Thankfully, I discovered this series, which …

Homeschool Convention Lessons and Tips

Homeschool Convention: What I Learned from My 1st Experience

My First Homeschool Convention Experience Last month I got to go to a homeschool convention! It was a last-minute surprise – someone in my prayer group just started homeschooling and mentioned there was a convention in our city! Our provincial homeschool association puts on a convention every year – but I thought they were all …